Re-engineering the Cypriot General Healthcare System for Syndemics

• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.734796
• Publication Date: 2022-07-11T05:44:23Z
• Authors: Sarah Cuschieri; Amalia Hatziyianni; Peter Karayiannis; Juanita A. Haagsma; Grant M. A. Wyper; Marios Kantaris; Mamas Theodorou; Elena Pallari
• Keywords: Public health administration -- Cyprus; non-communicable chronic disease (NCD); COVID-19; healthcare system; Syndemic; Public health -- Quality control -- Cyprus; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Cyprus; syndemic approach; Syndemics -- Cyprus; re-engineering; Humans; Public Health; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Delivery of Health Care; Pandemics

To date in Cyprus, there is no dedicated "Quality Improvement" body or Public Health authority. The long-awaited general healthcare system (known as GeSy GHS) has been completed, mid-stream of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recently proposed resilience plan response to lessons learnt from pandemic was put forward by Government Republic Cyprus strengthen capacity GHS and support public health defense. negotiator Minister 2015-2018 also provided his view that needs a holistic transformation service provision. Recognizing failures thinking syndemogenesis perspective how envisioned patient-centric delivery can be achieved, we propose could linked politico-economic one shielding GeSy. We make such case for syndemic strategy (simultaneous management pre-existing epidemics on island) development five-district model where each main district hospital complement activities through developing: 1. training Center sharing best practices other emergencies. 2. body. 3. quality improvement institute. 4. commissioning center planning streamlining services. 5. clinical trial platform. rationale based literature use existing resources capabilities transforming generating value.